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PiyushK
In recent years, scholars of psychology have begun to examine more seriously the notion, first proposed by John Keats, of "negative capability"—the idea that maintaining calmness amid uncertainty and doubt, rather than experiencing an anxious urge to find solutions, is a genuine talent and possibly even a therapeutic tool.
A. In recent years, scholars of psychology have begun to examine more seriously the notion, first proposed by John Keats, of "negative capability"—the
Looks good no error found.
B. Proposed first by John Keats, the notion of "negative capability," which scholars of psychology began to examine more seriously in recent years: this is the
Fragmented sentence - verb is missing in for subject - the notion of "negative capability,"
'this is' vague
C. The notion of "negative capability," which John Keats first proposed and scholars of psychology recently began to take more seriously—the
Again fragmented, verb is missing.
D. Proposed first by John Keats, and recently scholars of psychology began to take it more seriously, the notion of "negative capability" is the
-ed modifier and clause are not parallel. further if we remove modifiers from second half of the sentence we will get construction as "is the idea,, is the"
E. First proposed by John Keats, scholars of psychology have recently begun to take the notion of "negative capability" more seriously; this is the
Modifier error + "this is" both wrong.
My Piyush,
I have a couple of questions regarding your explanation:
- In A, the "have begun" threw me off. Isn't have supposed to be paired up with "began"?
- In B, why can't "proposed" be the verb in this sentence? If that's because it's in the modifier then why can't we say that the subject is "notion of neg cap" and the verb is "began"?
-In C - is the opening considered a modifier or the subject? How is it different from B if it's considered a subject?
- Does everything before the "dash" need to be an independent clause? I was under the impression that it can be a modifier type of setting as long as there is a full independent clause after the dash?
Thanks!
I would try to answer your questions..
Option A begins with "In recent years", A clear indicative that we don't know when exactly the action took place but know for certain it began in the past and continues in the present...Since the action continues in the present, we need a present perfect tense "have begun"
If you use the construction, "In the recent years, the scholars began" will not make sense. It says that in recent years, the scholars did something..
Option B "Proposed first by John Keats" is verb-ed modifier and the subject of the sentence is" notion of neg capablity" and there is no verb in the sentence.
"began is verb of the dependent clause or subordinate clause beginning with which "
which scholars of psychology
began "
Option C: The notion of "negative capability is the subject of the sentence and as correctly pointed by piyush does not have a verb. It is a fragment
When we use a dash or colon, the following clause is usually the explanation of the preceding independent clause.
Not that Independent clause can be joined with another independent clause in the following ways
IC, FANBOYS IC (FANBOYS: For, And,Nor,But,Or,Yet,So)
Or IC;IC or IC:IC (Usually in this case 2nd IC explains the first IC) or IC-IC (usually 2nd IC explains the first IC)
Hope my answers make sense....